Late Friday evening, TMZ released an audio tape of Clippers owner Donald Sterling allegedly making some particularly racist comments toward his reported girlfriend. Ever since, social media has started to overflow with reactions, and plenty of players, current and past, have weighed in:

TMZ reported this morning that Clippers owner Donald Sterling doesn’t want me or other African-Americans to come to Clippers games.

Hi I started a page to work on this. Would you like to work together to promote your petition ?

Timothy Dwight Smith

Sure. Lets do it!

And thank you!

Nigel Pretty

Bwhahahahaha… about 900 people are going to end up fighting over credit for 800 petitions. Social media at its embarrassing worst.

Nigel Pretty

It’s a decent cause btw…

WeeItsNookies

You’re a moron. You must have a sad, uneventful life if some old guy you don’t know said something not all that bad pissed you off to the point you take the time out of your own life to do crap like that.

That said, he’s an owner of a team. There’s nothing they can do without penalizing the entire time.

Xfbb

This is so stupid. How can you legally force someone to step down from something that they have purchased? Are you saying he should be stripped of his property given his comments? I don’t agree with Sterling’s comments, but making him step down or, in other words, sell his ownership, is just plain stupid. That’s not how this is going to work.

Andres Leo Florez

Facebook page to encourage Adam Silver to push Donald T. Sterling out of the NBA.

Every basket the clippers make and the further they go in the playoffs makes Donald T. Sterling money. No one hates the Clippers, because they love the Clippers they need to oust the owner. Stop trying to dance around the subject. People have so few opportunities to make a difference and make a stand at critical points. This is it, weather you like it or not. Nobody hates anyone because of this. It is just a matter of right and wrong.

Josh

As disgusting as his comments are, there is nothing the NBA can do about him being a owner unless they buy out the team. It’s legally his possession. Adam Silver is the commissioner so he only regulates the game and promotes it. The owners technically own the league. The NBA would have to buy it from him at appraised value, but he’d have to sell it. Other then that the most the league can go is him him with a fine or punish the organization.

Clips4

I think Silver does have power and can ask the other owners to force Sterling to sell the team. Because Sterling is an owner of an NBA team, that falls under the jurisdiction of the commissioner. If the commissioner can fine a team owner (Mark Cuban) for criticizing the refs because it affects the integrity of the league, then the commissioner can do something about this because it affects the character and integrity of the league. Sterling is a despicable human being and does not deserve to participate in the NBA. As loyal as a Clippers fan that I am, I am a fan of the team. I am not a fan of the organization. Sterling is in charge of the organization and even though he oversees the team, I make those two distinct.

4thewin

I agree he has no business being an owner, but that’s not really how it works though. They can fine him, they can suspend him from the facilities, but they can’t force him to sell. It’s the owners which give the commissioner the power to regulate to a certain extent, but he is still an employee of the owners and doesn’t have that power to make a guy get rid of his team. The other owners don’t have that power either. They have a ton of say in who can purchase a team, but not who needs to get rid of it.

WeeItsNookies

He owns the team there’s little they can do that wouldn’t end up penalizing his entire team in the process.. People must lead sad, bored, uneventful lives if they try so hard to “punish” someone for speaking their own mind, regardless of how offensive it is and regardless of it being in the minority.

Michael Jenkins

I agree 1000%…..He might be a racist, but money $$$$$ is powerful! Should he sell the team and walk away, yes. Can the commissioner of the NBA kick him out of the NBA, I highly doubt it…..The commissioner can impose a financial penalty, not allow the owner to attend games, big deal. Its a slap on the wrist to a billionaire. I’d love to see him removed from his franchise. But it ain’t gonna happen…..People w money beat the system and unfortunately its WRONG! BOTTOM LINE, get over it and move on. Life is too short to worry about the clippers owner!

S K Williams

Whether he owns the team or not we can force him to sell. He is making a living off people he hates. We have a right to show him with our dollars that he can believe anything he wants to, but he will not do so with our endorsement. The team will suffer, but many of his players can find other teams, but he cannot find another heart. So we must show him that he must change. I know he’s an old dog and all but to stay in the game he must learn new tricks. Racism is anachronistic and cowardly, regardless of whom it’s coming from. Let’s help this old dog out and teach him the new ways of the world.

WeeItsNookies

No..You cannot force someone to sell something LMFAO. That would be like me calling you a ni@gger over facebook, then people rallying to force me to sale my home.

The only possible thing that could be done is people boycott the games, which wouldn’t happen because we all know what happened the last time people threatened to boycott chick-fil-a.

Mark

One Jew will never push another Jew out. They all stick together.

Ray

Yes. The Jews own the blacks in the NBA

JaneSmith100

I can’t defend him because he’s a wealthy idiot but I did listen to the ENTIRE dialogue between both of them & it seems like he doesn’t want her crushing on anyone else. I guess that’s what he expects to pay for. A solo golddigger. Both are messed up. He should go for people his own age anyway, what does he expect? She’s in it for the $.

deago8

He doesn’t want her ‘crushing’ on anyone else but he says ‘you can sleep with them if you want’ on the tape??? Yeah try again kid. The dude is a racist.

S K Williams

Denial is a river in Africa lady. This prick is a racist, narcissistic, scumbag troll who is getting his just desserts. Like Paula Deen and all other racist shitbags they will be relentlessly hounded to their ruin. It is tightly deserved.

White Genocide is Real

No such thing as a black racist though. Nope. Only whites. And he’s a Jew btw. Big difference.

Sportcut

Wow. Hard to believe this still goes on.

Check Mate

sarcasm, im sure

Samara

No, not sarcasm on his part. It IS hard to believe that this still exists. But, ignorance and stupidity will always be around, I guess. I hope you are not a part of the problem, for your sake. I do realize that curing ignorance is a lost cause. Sigh.

Sportcut

Thanks Samara! Right, hard to believe this kind of thinking exists.

Drbcool

He’s been a self-serving, publicity-seeking jerk for years. Changed his own name to Sterling (to hide the fact that he is Jewish?) but can bag on other races because he is wealthy and entitled. I hope his players walk out on him, but it’s probably not allowed.

Shuggah21

What if the entire team held a press conference announcing that DTS is not welcome at Clippers games, and asking fans to boo him unmercifully if he even shows his face? That should hasten the process of DTS getting rid of the team.

Gary

Typical jew.

cary perzow

and you gary are a typical uneducated American asshole

White Genocide is Real

No I’m pretty sure Gary is right. You see Zionist skews have ruined the world. The rothschilds on down. They have forced multiculturalism on white nations only while treating the black Ethiopian Jews like cattle. Literally forcing secret long term birth control on them. The hypocrisy is thick in the US as well. Using the blacks to take power from white non Jews through the media. Through music and sports. Yet most who support the democratic liberal agenda also support the prison industrial complex. Jews in power are disgusting. Period. 2% of the US population yet they run our government and everything we eat smell touch see and hear. Oh and learn. They run the educational system as well. No spin is put on ANYTHING though.

cary perzow

Not only that, but when we have our secret “meetings” on world domination (next week its at my aunt Molly’s house she is making her delicious chocolate chip cookies) Does the word paranoia ring a bell? your a foolish little fellow who most likely has nothing going on
please please start dating or go hiking or do anything as you are quite a little pathetic “human being” who really does not count and only wastes space on the planet (even though its in a fiithy little room somewhere) have another doughnut wash it down with your third beer and your breakfast is done….
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Clippers Fan

I watched the conversation as it’s played out with captions… I personally don’t think Sterling was being racist… If anything this free-loader girlfriend is putting words in Sterling’s mouth. He knows he’s much older and this girl is probably sleeping around with much younger men ( porbably blacks) and Sterling a much older man is simply unable to deal with the fact he’s now old. She is vicious and set him up good. He’s stupid for his word selections before anyone says anything… Watch the video with captions and be the judge.. You may end up agreeing with me…. This is just a distraction.. The Clippers are having their best season… Let’s not lose focus here with this “private conversation which was being recorded without Starling’s knowledge” now made public by a woman who is simply after money.

Samara

You are a racist motherf**ker. I can’t believe you actually showed your scumbag ass in public. You need to be locked up before you do serious damage. You are SICK. No tape required to see how sick you are- you willingly have supplied the facts of your illness.

Clippers Fan

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Kiwi

I think Samara is referring to Sterling. Also, Sterling has a long history of discriminating behavior and views. This is just the first time it’s right in the mass public’s face.

WeeItsNookies

Indeed, he did not wish death upon blacks, he did not assault any one, he did not want to lynch a black, he simply doesn’t want his older girl hanging out with blacks, now you can say that’s racist, that’s fine. But on a scale of 1-10, 10 being you want all blacks to be lynched, id put that at a 1 LOL.

Everyone is all over him but completely ignoring the obvious gold digging, cheating whore that taped and leaked this without his knowledge. Between his actions and hers I’d say her’s were by far more fucking offensive.

Clippers Fan

I must correct my statement… I saw the full version of the conversation later on this afternoon and Mr Sterling unfortunately for himself opened up his heart about his views on culture. It is a very sad day for Clippers Fans -/- His revelations on how he views minorities and even Israel are horrendously racist. The girl who recorded this is as guilty as him… Both are feeding off the system of culture that He speaks of. My support to the Clippers team as always… Chris, Blake, Matt, DeAndre, Jamal, JJ, Darryl, etc… Each of all 15 players and Coach Rivers… My deepest respect and admiration… Racism is ignorance!

john

glad you are an anti-semite gary. really helping the dialogue move forward.

IsaacSensorberg

This is a great reflection as to why to love Mark Cuban as an owner.

Mv22

Gary, you are just as ignorant and just as racist as sterling. Your comment explaining sterlings behavior, ” typical Jew” should have you banned from this site. What’s a typical Jew. Are there any “good” Jews? Or is sterling just an example of the prototypical Jew? You are stereotyping an entire ethnic group based on the actions o f one. How ignorant can you get. You are no better than sterling. Your hate is directed at Jews. Sterlings at African Americans. You are both despicable.

White Genocide is Real

The only time being Jewish is differentiated from being white is when it’s a positive. No mainstream media outlet Will point out this Zionist Jew. I happen to love peaceful honest Jews. I despise the Zionist agenda. They have systematically destroyed my culture.

Mv22

Blame the Jews for your cultures destruction all you want. Judging by your attitude, you should look in the mirror and ask why you feel the need to avoid responsibility by assigning blame to af entire ethnic group. The destruction of your culture is not the fault of any ethnic group. Your remarks are just as offensive, arrogant and ignorant as sterling ‘s . I feel sorry for you.

White Genocide is Real

Typical clueless moron making comments lacking any evidence. First of all Dbag, I am not avoiding any responisbiliy. How about blacks though? Do they avoid responsibility? I have a sneaking suspicion you are either Black or J*wlsh… and being J*wlsh it pretty much means you are white, since thats the biggest sceme of all time. So… yeah you’re wrong either way. I’d suggest listening to benjamin Freedmans speaches and research the protocols of the learned elders of zion… and attempt… just TRY to look at a shred of evidence brought to you by something other tnja the mainstream media. They(The Zionist Power Structure) absolutely ARE to blame for the destruction of my culture. You’re an idiot.

Israel Rothchild

To the contrary, it is more correct to state that Sterling is an Atypical Jew. The typical Jews who control the sports industry is to play nice and to remain behind the scenes. For Sterling to raise a raucus like that is beyond stupidity, as one of the most important lessons I was taught by my Rabbis was to embrace all
non-Jews, for there is no way I can succeed in business otherwise. This is why I try to model myself after the more typical successful Jewish executives in sports and their mannerisms (MLB, Allen H Selig – commish, Robert Manfred Jr – Exec VP), (MLS, Don Garber – commish), (NBA, David Stern – former commish, Silver – commish, Joel Litvin – president), (NFL – Jeffrey Pash & Eric Grubman – Exec VP), (NHL – Gary Bettman). There are so many other Jewish owners who are much better role models (Dan Snyder – Washington Redskins , Jeffrey Laurie – Philadelphia Eagles, Stuart Sternberg – Tampa Bay Ray, Dan Gilbert – Cleveland Cavilers, Lerner Family – Washington Nationals, Zygi Wilf – Minnesota Vikings, Jerry Reinsdorf – Chicago Bulls/White Sox, Micky Arison – Miami Heat, Mark Cuban – Dallas Mavericks, Robert Kraft – New England Patriots, and lastly but not least, my favorite, Jerry Buss – LA Lakers, may be RIP. So in conclusion, Gary, your statement of him being a typical Jew is wrong, as he’s more of an outlier in this Jew-dominated industry. I rest my case.

White Genocide is Real

F you and your Zionist agenda. I don’t care who you model yourself after. Jews are successful because of the Zionist agenda and the destruction of the goyim. Period.

All bigotry is based on ignorance and fear. It’s what drove the nazi agenda. To Gary and the other creep, this started out as a forum in the ignorant and repulsive Donald sterling but for you, it became a forum on Jews who you blame for your problems. Hitler did the same thing and killed millions of them as a result. Sad that you still live in that world. Viktor frankl who lost his family to the nazi concentration camps said that, “not all of any one kind are devils or angels.” Hatred springs fro stereotyping all as one.

White Genocide is Real

Go ask the Orthodox Jews what they think about the Holocaust btw. They are more Jewish than anyone, yet they have a much different take on the numbers. How odd. They must be Nazis too.